Show primitive surgery surgical operations were performed oa the human skull in america years before the colln of columbus the work wag done la those early days with the aid of shells and flint hatchets many skulls hare baren discovered in pero which illustrate the methods of early surgeons from the appearance of the skull it la also evident that a considerable proportion of apon lived afterward this was probably performed to save the lives 0 those arbo a serious wound from a dob ar a tone considering that the surgeons of those early days worked with nothing more effective tha n sharp shells or flint knives tho work la exceedingly credible human skulls bearing the flan of similar operations iso have been found in europe back to prehistoric times la the south sea islands the operation la often performed with th ame implements tho local eur emont not only trephine in the cae 0 tract areg but a a cure for epilepsy and certain forms of insanity hining Is also performed in this primitive way even as cure for headache the bound ot the farst eruption et mont aclee Is now ascertained to havel xen beard at ID venezuela a of miles |